Top 120 Hafez Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, ‘you owe me.’ Look what happens with a love like that! It lights up the whole sky.”

— Hafez

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2. “I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”

— Hafez

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3. “Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.”

— Hafez

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4. “You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.”

— Hafez

5. “Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.”

— Hafez

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6. “Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.”

— Hafez

7. “This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.”

— Hafez

8. “Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly. Let it cut you more deeply. Let it ferment and season you as few human and even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight has made my eyes so soft, my voice so tender, my need for God absolutely clear.”

— Hafez

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9. “Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.”

— Hafez

10. “Run my dear, from anything that may not strengthen your precious budding wings. Run like hell my dear, from anyone likely to put a sharp knife into the sacred, tender vision of your beautiful heart.”

— Hafez

11. “The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the beautiful rowdy prisoners.”

— Hafez

12. “Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.”

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13. “I am in love with every church And mosque And temple And any kind of shrine Because I know it is there That people say the different names Of the One God.”

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14. “For I have learned that every heart will get what it prays for most.”

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15. “Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins that may buy you just a moment of pleasure, But then drag you for days like a broken man behind a farting camel.”

— Hafez

16. “Listen; this world is the lunatic’s sphere, Don’t always agree it’s real, Even with my feet upon it And the postman knowing my door My address is somewhere else.”

— Hafez

17. “Now that all your worry has proved such an unlucrative business. Why not find a better job.”

— Hafez

18. “An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.”

— Hafez

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19. “When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy.”

— Hafez

20. “I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, ‘love lifts me.’”

— Hafez

21. “Your love Should never be offered to the mouth of a Stranger, Only to someone Who has the valor and daring To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife Then weave them into a blanket To protect you.”

— Hafez

22. “Pulling out the chair beneath your mind And watching you fall upon God What else is there for Hafiz to do that is any fun in this world!”

— Hafez

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23. “And the sun and the moon sometimes argue over who will tuck me in at night. If you think I am having more fun than anyone on this planet, you are absolutely correct.”

— Hafez

24. “How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of Light against its being; otherwise we all remain too frightened.”

— Hafez

25. “Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude for life.”

— Hafez

26. “Come Dance with Me, come dance.”

— Hafez

27. “I caught the happy virus last night When I was out singing beneath the stars. It is remarkably contagious – So kiss me.”

— Hafez

28. “The heart is a thousand stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love.”

— Hafez

29. “Fear is the cheapest room in the house.”

— Hafez

30. “Light will someday split you open.”

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31. “Everyone Is God speaking. Why not be polite and Listen to Him?”

— Hafez

32. “What we speak becomes the house we live in.”

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33. “The sun will stand as your best man And whistle When you have found the courage To marry forgiveness When you have found the courage to marry Love.”

— Hafez

34. “Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun.”

— Hafez

35. “Your separation from God is the hardest work you will ever do.”

— Hafez

36. “I am happy even before I have a reason.”

— Hafez

37. “Laugh because that is the purest sound.”

— Hafez

38. “I Have Learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist, a Jew.”

— Hafez

39. “Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.”

— Hafez

40. “I am a hole in a flute that the Christ’s breath moves through. Listen to this music.”

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41. “My dear, Is it true that your mind is sometimes like a battering Ram Running all through the city, Shouting so madly inside and out About the ten thousand things That do not matter?”

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42. “One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.”

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43. “What do sad people have in common? It seems they have all built a shrine to the past and often go there and do a strange wail and worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being so religious like that.”

— Hafez

44. “The Earth would die If the sun stopped kissing her.”

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45. “Sing because this is a food our starving world needs. Laugh because that is the purest sound.”

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46. “What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up!”

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47. “When no one is looking, I swallow deserts and clouds and chew on mountains knowing they are sweet bones! When no one is looking and I want to kiss God, I just lift my own hand to my mouth.”

— Hafez

48. “I should not make any promises right now, But I know if you Pray Somewhere in this world – Something good will happen.”

— Hafez

49. “Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred.”

— Hafez

50. “For a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace into those beautiful eyes.”

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